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to: Dave Davidson
from: Tobias Ernst
date: 1999-10-23 02:34:27
subject: Which LAN Card....

Hallo Dave!

 DD>  machines. I have Intel, 3Com and a couple of Generic Ethernet cards, 
 DD> both PCI and ISA available for use. Is one of these better suited for 
 DD> OS/2 than the other?

I have the best experiences with Intel NICs. Never a single problem on my
three machines, and supported by OS/2 out of the box.

I have been having problems with 3com, though, but that was only one board,
and maybe the hardware was just faulty.

As for Noname cards, it depends. You can have very bad expericences with them, 
things like periodic lock ups and the like. On the other hand, I also have
seen noname cards (Longshine ISA, actually) working without problems (though
quite slow).

Viele Gre,
Tobias

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